Heartbreaking Moment When a Teen Was in Tears as she is forced to marry an Older ‘Police Chief’

Following the controversial marriage, the public was outraged when Moscow’s child rights commissioner, Pavel Astakhov appeared to publicly support the marriage by saying, “Caucasian women are all shriveled with wrinkles by the age of 27”.

The fact that Guchigov abused his power to marry the girl, it shows how the marriage is not built on trust and compassion and violates Goilabiyeva’s rights as a woman and a wife.

Every year 15 million girls are married as children and teens, denied their rights to health, education and opportunity, and robbed of their childhood. If we do nothing, by 2030, an estimated 15.4 million girls a year will marry as children and teens.

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